India reports 14,199 new COVID-19 cases with 83 deaths in last 24 hours, US still the worst-hit nation
As India prepares for the third wave of the novel coronavirus, experts are warning of a 'Super Variant' of the SARS CoV-2 which may emerge in 2022 dubbed as COVID-22 and claimed that unvaccinated people could be potential super spreaders. An immunologist in Zurich, Professor Sai Reddy said that the current strain mix could result in a new and more dangerous epidemic, as per a report by The Sun. Reddy pointed out that COVID-22 was "inevitable" as the coronavirus is very likely to combine to make a deadlier strain especially with Delta, Beta, and Gamma variants. "COVID-19 could be worse than what we are seeing now," he cautioned. As a result, more than one vaccination will be needed in the future as the fight against coronavirus continues. He warned that vaccination and booster shots will be needed 'maybe for the rest of our lives.'
Union Minister Narayan Rane was on Tuesday (August 24) detained by Ratnagiri police in Maharashtra after row over his controversial remark that he would have 'slapped Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray'. A team of police personnel went to Rane's camp in Sangameshwar in Ratnagiri when he was en route on his 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra' in the Konkan region. The developments came barely a couple of hours after Narayan Rane sharply dared that 'nobody could do anything to him' or prevent him from 'moving around freely'. A team of senior police officers met Narayan Rane and later completed the arrest formalities even as a large number of his supporters and a huge posse of police were present. An aide to the central minister Pramod Jathar claimed that no arrest warrant has been produced and the police pleaded that they were under 'pressure' to arrest Rane. Jathar added that 'there is the rule of law' in the state but the police were not following the due protocols, not showing the arrest warrant or other documents for the same.
The trouble in the Congress camp in Punjab shows no signs of abating. A day after raising a banner of revolt against Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, four cabinet ministers on Wednesday (August 25) are set to hold a meeting with AICC general secretary Harish Rawat in Dehradun. The four ministers -- Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Charanjit Singh Channi -- are on way to Dehradun in Uttarakhand to meet the All India Congress Committee general secretary and Punjab affairs in-charge, sources said. After meeting Rawat, they are expected to come to Delhi, the sources said. These ministers, known detractors of Amarinder Singh, and around two dozen legislators on Tuesday had held a meeting here and sought replacement of the chief minister, saying they have 'lost faith in him' over the issue of unfulfilled promises. They had questioned the ability of the CM in honouring the unfulfilled poll promises such as delay in justice in desecration of a religious text in 2015, arrest of "big fish" involved in drug rackets and scrapping power purchase agreements.
An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter Scale hit Hyderabad on Monday morning. The tremors were felt at 5 am in south of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, as per the National Center for Seismology. "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.0, Occurred on 26-07-2021, 05:00:53 IST, Lat: 16.00 & Long: 78.22, Depth: 10 Km ,Location: 156km S of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India," the NCS tweeted out from its official handle. The epicentre of the earthquake was 156 km south of Hyderabad, near the Andhra Pradesh border and at a depth of 10 km from the surface. No damages or casualties have been reported so far.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Thursday (August 26) arrested two gangsters for allegedly supplying arms to Khalistani terrorists. The police recovered 18 pistols, 60 live cartridges from their possession. The arrested accused have been identified as Bablu Singh and Rajendra Singh Barnala. Khalistani used to sell weapons to terrorists online through social media. They are being interrogated by the police.
The India Meteorological Department on Thursday sounded increased rainfall alert for Kerala from August 27. "In view of the likely formation of a cyclonic circulation over northwest and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal on 27th August, increase in rainfall activity is expected over Kerala from 27th August 2021", an IMD release said here. IMD has issued yellow alert for 10 districts on Friday. It has also issued heavy rainfall alert for few Kerala districts on Saturday and Sunday.
Guwahati: Atleast five persons have been killed and one injured after militants opened indiscriminate fire at several trucks and later set them ablaze on Thursday night in Assam’s Dima Hasao district. The incident took place around 8:30pm on Thursday, August 26 at Dayangmukh, Dima Hasao district.
India reported 46,759 new cases on Saturday and 509 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry. An increase of 14,876 cases, nearly five per cent, has been recorded since Friday. India's active caseload stands at 3,59,775 accounting for 1.10% of total cases. With 31,374 recoveries in the last 24 hours the total recoveries rises to 3,18,52,802 taking the recovery rate to 97.56%. The Daily positivity rate (2.66%) less than 3% while the Weekly Positivity Rate at 2.19% has been less than 3% for last 64 days. Also, 17,61,110 coronavirus tests were conducted in the country on Friday, taking the cumulative number of such examinations done so far to 51,68,87,602. Cumulatively, 62.29 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive till Saturday morning.
India recorded 42,909 new COVID-19 cases, 380 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall caseload to 3,27,37,939 and total death toll to 4,38,210, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday (August 30, 2021). The country also recorded 34,763 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking total recoveries to 3,19,23,405 and the active caseload now stands at 3,76,324. The active cases in the country increased by 7,766 cases in a span of 24 hours. The COVID recovery rate currently stands at 97.51 percent.
Nine new judges, including three women, would be administered the oath of office as judges of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana on Tuesday. It is for the first time in the history of the apex court when nine judges would be taking the oath of office at one go and the swearing-in ceremony would be held in the auditorium of the Supreme Court's additional building complex. Traditionally, the oath of office to new judges is administered in the CJI's courtroom. With the swearing-in of the nine new judges on Tuesday, the strength of the Supreme Court would rise to 33, including the CJI, out of the sanctioned strength of 34. “This is for the first time in the history of the Supreme Court of India when nine judges will be taking the oath of office in one go. In another first, the venue of the ceremony is shifted to the auditorium. This is done keeping in view the need for strict adherence to COVID norms,” said a press release issued by the apex court's public relations office.
ndia recorded 30,941 new COVID-19 cases, which is 27.9% lower than yesterday, and 350 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall caseload to 3,27,68,880 and total death toll to 4,38,560, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday (August 31, 2021). The country also recorded 36,275 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking total recoveries to 3,19,59,680 and the active caseload now stands at 3,70,640. The active cases in the country decreased by 5,684 cases in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 1.13 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.53 percent, the ministry said.
India has reported 41,965 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. During this period, the country also reported 460 deaths due to the COVID-19, it added. There were 33,964 cases of recovery in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry data showed. With this, India's total COVID-19 tally has reached 3,28,10,845, and there are 3,78,181 active cases currently.
Former Rajya Sabha MP and senior journalist Chandan Mitra passed away late last night in Delhi, confirmed his son Kushan Mitra. He was 65. Mitra was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha from August 2003 to 2009. In June 2010, BJP got him elected to the upper house from Madhya Pradesh. His term ended in 2016. He was a close aide of party veteran L K Advani, but was sidelined by the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah leadership. In July 2018, Mitra, Editor and Managing Director of The Pioneer, resigned from the BJP and joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Some miscreants hurled crude bombs at BJP MP Arjun Singh’s residence, situated at Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Wednesday. While no member of Arjun Singh’s family was hurt, the incident took place in presence of central security right outside the gate. Singh has been provided security cover by the Central government. Immediately after the incident, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar took to Twitter and wrote, “Wanton violence in West Bengal shows no sign of abating. Bomb explosions as this morning outside residence of Member Parliament Arjun Singh is worrisome on law and order. Expect prompt action by West Bengal Police. As regards his security the issue has earlier been flagged.”